My phone had an episode last night in which it did not work therefore I took the night off from blogging. Have I yet touted the benefits of buying a phone for $150 off of Amazon? I guess that is why they say "ya get what ya pay for". đ In our penultimate ride we [...]
Bonn, James Bonn
Today we pedaled for five hours and a slow 70 kilometers (~43 miles) from Koblenz to Bonn (like bon, not bone). The weather was pretty perfect and we enjoyed shade for a good portion of the day. There were a few miles of industrialness as well as some riding on a path on the side [...]
Ko blah blah blahnz (AKA we made it to Koblenz)
We got up early today and took a train about twenty minutes from Mainz (mines) to Bacharach (not pronounced back-a-rack) and then pedaled just about 50 km to Koblenz (co-blahnz). Today was everything we had been hoping for this trip. Rolling hills of vineyards, so many castles and a well paved bike path hugging the [...]
What’s Mainz is yours
In Saturday's post I rhymed Mainz with rains which is phonetically incorrect. It's actually pronounced more like "mines". Rookie tourist mistake. đ I tried posting this yesterday (Sunday) but lost internet. So I apologize in advance but I'm too lazy to correct all of the tense - I'm posting this a day late. ---------- This [...]
It rains in Mainz
Today was a very gray day! Also a pretty rainy day so we took a shortcut aka the train a skipped a city on our tour. We are therefore in Mainz a day early which means I get to tour the Steinberg winery with Lisa, Mike and one of Lisa's old friends tomorrow. đ Mark [...]
Mothern with my FathernÂ
We got on the road just before 8:30 this morning from Strasbourg toward Mothern, France. I was a little disappointed because the first hour and half were rather lackluster. We were in dedicated bike lanes on the side of busy roads and there wasn't anything too exciting to see. Eventually we made it closer to [...]
American(s) in StrasbourgÂ
Today was a good day! We slept in and had a chance to sort out our completely disorganized panniers. We spent some time with Lisa and Mike while exploring the more scenic and historic parts of Strasbourg. I had an amazing amount of fromage, about seven or eight croissants and a fair share du vin. [...]
Bienvenue Ă Strasbourg
Today we arrived in the fourth country of our European journey - FRANCE!! Back in first grade I took French class and spent about 12 years studying Spanish so I am basically fluent and know all the important phrases such as: "Merci" "Bonjour" "Toilette" "Croissant" "Au Revoir" "Non" "Oui" "Un; Duex; Trois". We have finally made it to the [...]
Basel, not Basil
Today we had moderate and enjoyable ~56 km ride ride from Laufemburg, Germany with a destination of Basel, Switzerland. The hills were manageable and for the most part we we're on well paved bike paths. We didn't start to notice or be bothered by the heat until we were about 15 km out from Basel. [...]
Who knew there were so many hills in Switzerland?
This is my second go at writing today's blog because my $150 Huawei phone is the worst and cannot even handle the WordPress app. I'm extremely exhausted and have had some 'secco so I apologize in advanced for typos and terseness. We started our day at a healthy 8 am. We rode from Konstance to a [...]
Two Wheel Journey 